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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 309. Fragment Concerning the Priest(?) of Šarrat-Kidmuri (PRT 134) [appointment]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [The 'well]-being' and the 'path' on the left [of the gall bladder are present]. (2) [If the 'base of] the throne' is effaced and [...: you will inflict] humi[liation on yo]ur [enemy]. (4) [The 'finger'] and the 'increment' are nor[mal]. (5) [In the] right of the '[pou]ch' there is a hole. (Break) (r 1) [Is is acceptable] to [the great lord], Aššur? (r 2) [Is it pleasing to the great lady], Šarrat Kidmuri? (r 3) Šarrat Kidmuri, lady [of ......]. (r 4) Un[favorable]. (r 5) [Month Ki]slev, 4th day, ep[onym year of NN].

SAA 04 309. Fragment Concerning the Priest(?) of Šarrat-Kidmuri (PRT 134) [appointment]

SAA 04 316. Fragment Concerning a Dream (PRT 103) [cultic]

SAA 04 317. Query Concerning an Illness of Assurbanipal (PRT 106) [medical]

SAA 04 318. Query Concerning the Land (PRT 111) [miscellaneous]

SAA 04 319. Is a Letter Sent to Assurbanipal Reliable? (PRT 119) [miscellaneous]

SAA 04 320. Will a Written Plan Succeed? (EANE 203) [miscellaneous]

SAA 04 323. Fragment Concerning an Extispicy in Year 652 (PRT 104) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 324. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 110) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 326. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 116) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 327. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 108) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 329. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 140) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 330. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 117) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 332. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 127) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 333. Fragment Concerning an Extispicy in Year 650 (PRT 120) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 334. Fragment Similar to No. 333 (PRT 121) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 336. Fragment of a Report (PRT 133) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 337. Fragment of a Report (PRT 137) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 338. Fragment of a Report (PRT 123) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 339. Fragment of a Report (PRT 132) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 349. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

SAA 16 123. People for the Rab Mugi (ABL 1343)

SAA 04 004. Will Mugallu of Melid Attack Mannu-ki-...? (PRT 031) [military and political]

SAA 04 006. Will Mugallu of Melid ...? (PRT 028) [military and political]

SAA 04 013. Midas Sending for Troops (AGS 051) [military and political]

SAA 04 015. Fragment Similar to No. 14 (AGS 061) [military and political]

SAA 04 028. Should Esarhaddon Send an Army to Siriš? (AGS 043) [military and political]

SAA 04 034. Should Esarhaddon Send NN with Army to Mannea? (AGS 042) [military and political]

SAA 04 040. Same Tablet as no. 39 (PRT 038) [military and political]

SAA 04 042. Kaštaritu Organizing War (AGS 005) [military and political]

SAA 04 046. Fragment Similar to No. 45 (PRT 069) [military and political]

SAA 04 047. Fragment Similar to No. 43 (PRT 070) [military and political]

SAA 04 058. Should Esarhaddon Send an Aramean Scribe to NN? (PRT 025) [military and political]

SAA 04 061. Will Kaštaritu Defeat Assyrian Troops? (PRT 013) [military and political]

SAA 04 070. Fragment Similar to No. 71 (PRT 019) [military and political]

SAA 04 077. Has the Enemy Captured Ṣiṣṣirtu? (AGS 072) [military and political]

SAA 04 078. Will Chief Eunuch Ša-Nabu-šu Break the Siege of Ṣiṣṣirtu? [military and political]

SAA 04 087. Fragment Similar to No. 84 (AGS 069) [military and political]

SAA 04 091. Fragment Similar to No. 90 (AGS 083) [military and political]

SAA 04 101. Should NN be Sent to Lay Siege to and Conquer the City ...? (PRT 011) [military and political]

SAA 04 105. Should the Assyrian Army Go against a City Named on Papyrus? (AGS 113) [military and political]

SAA 04 106. Fragment Similar to No. 105 (AGS 096) [military and political]

SAA 04 118. Fragment of a Military Query (PRT 040) [military and political]

SAA 04 121. Fragment of a Military Query (AGS 073) [military and political]

SAA 04 124. Should Esarhaddon Send NN to ...? (AGS 044) [military and political]

SAA 04 125. Fragment of a Military(?) Query (PRT 068) [military and political]

SAA 04 128. Fragment of a Military(?) Query (PRT 082) [military and political]

SAA 04 132. Will a Plan Written on Papyrus Succeed? (AGS 095+) [military and political]

SAA 04 140. Fragment Similar to No. 139 (AGS 078) [military and political]

SAA 04 142. Will Anyone Make a Rebellion against Prince Assurbanipal? (PRT 044) [military and political]

SAA 04 149. Should Esarhaddon Appoint Sin-nadin-apli as Crown Prince? (AGS 107) [appointment]